GLAAD - Bishop Salvatore Cordileonehttp://www.glaad.org/tags/bishop-salvatore-cordileone
enSalvatore Cordileone's #March4Marriage response is false witness to the extremehttp://www.glaad.org/blog/salvatore-cordileones-march4marriage-response-false-witness-extreme
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span id="styles-0-0" class="styles file-styles 750px"> <img src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/750px/public/Cordileone.jpg?itok=o5JynNpJ" alt="" title="" /></span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>After Minority Leader Pelosi, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, a host of other elected officials, and a cadre of LGBT organizational leaders <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-joins-80-lawmakers-community-and-faith-leaders-ask-roman-catholic-bishop-decline-nom">called out his planned appearance at the National Organization For Marriage's anti-gay "March For Marriage"</a> (June 19th in D.C.), San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone issued a lengthy response in which he purports to "explain" why we are all mistaken about NOM, its allies, and their intentions. This is Cordileone's letter, in full:</p>
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<p>With all due respect to the Archbishop, his letter is rife with untruths. Heck, I'll just say it: he's lying in much of it.</p>
<p>On point one, the idea that the march is not anti-gay: Has Archbishop Cordileone even <em>looked</em> at the list of fellow speakers? One of the speakers, William Owens, has on multiple occasions <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wowlNyzcHM">equated homosexuality with bestiality and pedophilia</a>. Harry Jackson<a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/harry-jackson"> has claimed</a> that marriage equality is “a satanic plot to destroy our seed" and that LGBT activists are creating a debate that is "just like during the times of Hitler." <a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/jim-garlow">Jim Garlow</a> has compared children of gay parents to children who lost their parents on 9/11. And much, much more.</p>
<p>Then there are the sponsors. The Family Research Council alone, which Cordileone mentions by name in his letter, has issued pamphlets that directly equate same-sex marriage <a href="http://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF04C51.pdf">with man-on-horse marriage (complete with horse picture)</a>, has senior staff members who have <a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/peter-sprigg">openly declared their support for criminal sanctions against homosexuality</a>, has a in-house religious leader who claims <a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/kenyn-cureton">that gay people are controlled by "their malevolent master"..."the devil</a>," and has aggressively and offensively condemned every single LGBT rights proposal to ever come down the pipe. Tony Perkins, the president of FRC, has <a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/tony-perkins">one of the most offensive quote banks</a>, and agendas, in all of the political world. It is literally impossible to be more anti-LGBT than the FRC. </p>
<p>As for Cordileone's second point in which he tries to absolve NOM of its recent attempt to connect same-sex marriage and pedophilia: BULLCRAP! <em>BULL, BULL, BULL, BULL, BULL</em>! </p>
<p>Here is the text from the NOM blog post in question, words attributed to Brian Brown:</p>
<blockquote><div><strong>When professors from Harvard and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine get together to discuss ways in which "minor attracted persons" can be involved in the DSM revision process—watch out.</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Enquiring people want to know: Will pedophiles become "minor-attracted persons" in our culture? Will courts which endorse orientation as a protected class decide down the road that therefore laws which discriminate against "minor-attracted persons" must be narrowly tailored to a compelling government interest?</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Here's the fundamental truth: Ideas have consequences and so do words—because they contain ideas, because they are the vehicle through which and by which human beings describe reality.</strong></div>
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<div><strong>The reality that men and women need each other, and that children need a mom and dad, is the truth most at risk in the same-sex marriage debate.</strong></div>
<div><strong>FULL: <a href="http://www.nomblog.com/12678/">http://www.nomblog.com/12678/#sthash.X3xyT71i.dpuf </a></strong></div>
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<p>Brian Brown was suggesting that the same-sex marriage will create a world where "truth" is "at risk," which will then lead to a society that is open to the pedophilia he had just described. There is no other read than that! Let's cut the crap here: Brian Brown mentioned pedophilia in this email blast about same-sex marriage because he wanted to link the two idea in people's minds. Cordileone can spin it all he wants, but he can't make us believe his lies. The NOM post is <a href="http://www.nomblog.com/12678/">on record</a>, and most of us have basic reading comprehension skills. (**Plus Brian has said and done <a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/brian-brown">plenty of other anti-gay stuff too</a>)</p>
<p>Moving on to Cordileone's third point: No, there is simply no comparison between the harsh rhetoric that LGBT people have faced and continue to face and the stuff that Cordileone cites in order to make it seem like intolerance goes both ways. And I say that as someone who condemns truly harsh rhetoric, wherever it exists and from whomever it comes. The fact of the matter is that LGBT people are only pushing back against the onslaught because certain people chose to "culture war" against us. Yes, political debates often get too harsh, all around, and that is an unfortunate part of the territory. But let's be clear: this is not a two-sided, "let's agree to disagree" debate—this is a situation in which one side is attempting to subjugate, roll back the rights, and even forcibly "change" certain human beings who they insist are broken, undesirable, and undeserving. The two sides are inherently different.</p>
<p>LGBT people are not holding marches meant to roll back straight and/or cisgender people's civil rights. Period. Full stop.</p>
<p>Moving on to Cordileone's fouth and final point: He doesn't want us to form opinions based on out-of-context quotes? Okay, then—let's have over two minutes of him telling the world that gay people need to stop being gay so that they can avoid "harmful effects" of "behaviors and lifestyles that so often end in self-destruction":</p>
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<p>In fact, I probably should have just led with that video. It tells you all you need to know about Cordileone—and NOM.</p>
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Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:39:11 +0000jeremyhooper71354 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/salvatore-cordileones-march4marriage-response-false-witness-extreme#commentsGLAAD joins 80 lawmakers, community, and faith leaders to ask Roman Catholic bishop to decline NOM Marchhttp://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-joins-80-lawmakers-community-and-faith-leaders-ask-roman-catholic-bishop-decline-nom
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span id="styles-1-0" class="styles file-styles 750px"> <img id="1" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/750px/public/images/2014-06/Bishop%20Meme.jpeg?itok=iICQrDzD" alt="" title="" /></span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>GLAAD has signed onto a letter asking San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone to step down from involvement with the March for Marriage on June 19. Archbishop Cordileone, unfortunately, has an already saddening record when it comes to LGBT equality. Known as the "father of Prop 8," he has expressed his belief that gay peoples' "behaviors and lifestyle… so often end in self-destruction." If he proceeds with his plans to march for marriage, he will be <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/noms-march-marriage-anti-gay-event-lets-turn-facts">joined by extreme anti-LGBT pundits</a> like Mike Huckabee, the president of NOM, a scholar of the Heritage Foundation, the president of American Values, <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/noms-march-marriage-anti-gay-event-lets-turn-facts">among others</a>.</p>
<p>"We respect freedom of religion and understand that you oppose civil marriage for same-sex couples. But the actions and rhetoric of NOM, and those of the event's speakers and co-sponsors, fundamentally contradict Christian belief in the fundamental human dignity of all people." the leaders write. "NOM has a long and well-documented history of publishing material that connects homosexuality with pedophilia and incest and falsely suggests that gays and lesbians are trying to "inculcate children." Likewise, the Family Research Council, which is co-sponsoring the event, has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center because of their vitriolic rhetoric; recently, a spokesperson for FRC blamed the growing acceptance of marriage for same sex couples for the Isla Vista mass shootings."</p>
<p>"By speaking alongside these extremists, Archbishop Cordileone risks lending the church's authority to their vitriol and hatred - and undermining Pope Francis's call for a more compassionate church," reads a <a href="http://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/cordileonerally/">petition by Faithful America</a>, urging him to cancel his attendance. " While Catholic teaching emphasizes the human dignity of gay and lesbian people, the National Organization for Marriage and the Family Research Council have a history of spouting hateful and damaging lies.</p>
<p>Several of the featured speakers include those whose extremist rhetoric has been profiles in <a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap">GLAAD's Commentator Accountability Project</a>:</p>
<p><img height="294" width="300" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right; width: 300px; height: 294px;" class="media-element file-file-styles-300px" src="https://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/300px/public/Brian-Brown-Headshot-2-300x294.jpg?itok=Zfjm7Lcj" alt="" /><a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/brian-brown">Brian Brown, President, National Organization for Marriage</a></p>
<ul><li>Says homosexuality <a href="http://www.nomblog.com/38655/#sthash.rjcN1MLf.dpbs" target="_blank">is "not logical" and "degrading to the human soul</a>": "Well guess what — homosexuality IS a sin in the bible, and virtually every other sacred text out there. Engaging in homosexual sex IS considered by God to be sinful according to the teachings of most religions. And sin is NOT logical. Sin is deceitful, harmful and degrading to the human soul."</li>
<li>Recently attempted, via his national newsletter, to r<a href="http://www.nomblog.com/12678/" target="_blank">aise a link between marriage equality and pedophilia</a>: "Will pedophiles become "minor-attracted persons" in our culture? Will courts which endorse orientation as a protected class decide down the road that therefore laws which discriminate against "minor-attracted persons" must be narrowly tailored to a compelling government interest?” </li>
<li>Marched against openly gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson, with the Hartford Courant quoting hims as saying that the <a href="http://articles.courant.com/2003-08-20/news/0308200409_1_episcopal-diocese-suffragan-bishop-lesbian-students" target="_blank">acceptance of homosexuality in the church marked the destruction of the American family and marriage</a>.</li>
<li>Claims a law designed to protect transgnder students in California's public schools <a href="http://www.nomblog.com/37928" target="_blank">is "damaging," "madness," and "a weapon"</a>: "AB1266, the co-ed bathroom law, is a horrible attempt by activists to strip society of all gender roles and uses children as a weapon in their culture war. The National Organization for Marriage fully supports the efforts of the Privacy for All Students coalition to repeal this dangerous law. Opening our most vulnerable areas at school including showers, bathrooms and changing rooms to members of the opposite sex is politically-correct madness that risks the privacy and security of our children and grandchildren."..."They are forcing our school children to be exposed in showers and bathrooms to members of the opposite sex who claim a 'gender identity' with that sex. This new law doesn't prevent bullying - it is bullying. It is not about protecting kids; it damages kids."</li>
<li><a href="http://nomblog.com/292/" target="_blank">Said</a>: "Same-sex unions are not marriages. Political regimes based on lies about human nature cannot last. Same-sex marriage takes a sacred institution, with deep roots in human nature, and tries to turn it into the plaything of politicians, a creature of the state, a bundle of rights to be tossed about between adults. Something so feebly rooted, so fragilely constructed and imposed cannot last."</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoYZmWv16DE" target="_blank">Said</a> of separation between civil marriage and religious ceremony: "I don't accept this bifurcation between civil and religious marriage" (3:17-3:21)</li>
</ul><p><img height="239" width="300" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-file-styles-300px" src="https://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/300px/public/garlow.png?itok=HVCBm9ys" alt="" /><a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/jim-garlow">Dr. Jim Garlow, Senior Pastor, Skyline Wesleyan Church</a></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://onenewsnow.com/Church/Default.aspx?id=1220336" target="_blank">Called on</a> Christians to rise up against America in the way that they did during the Revolutionary War: “They would pick up a musket and ask: 'Who's going to go fight with me?' And so the revolutionary armies during that time came from pastors leading the churches. It's known as the Blacked-Robed Regiment. And we need a black-robed regiment today. We need pastors who are willing to stand up. And we need persons who are in the pews to stand up with them -- a black-robed regiment of laypersons -- who's going to take a like stand."</li>
<li><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/06/04/236523/speaker-at-faith-and-freedom-likens-gay-adoption-to-children-losing-parents-on-911/" target="_blank">Compared</a> children losing their parents on 9/11 to children with gay parents: "Our President gave a speech a few days ago in which he said, ‘the tragedy of 9/11 was that it robbed so many children of having a mommy or a daddy.' Well, you know something Mr. President, your failure to defend marriage and to redefine marriage means that everybody who is under that redefined marriage will lack either a mommy or a daddy and that is morally wrong.”</li>
<li><a href="http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2011/03/audio-dobson-jackson-perkins-bauer-garlow-hutcherson-you-guess-the-subject.html" target="_blank">Compares marriage equality to slavery</a>: "Isn't it interesting that the African Americans that were brought here against their will, coercively, in bondage and chains in a horrific experience called slavery...they end up being, in state by state, in many cases, what has saved us from the bondage and enslavement that would come upon us if gay marriage actually passed in a state, California being a prime example where the African Americans saved us from the bondage we would've faced." (10:00 in 2nd clip)</li>
</ul><p><img height="437" width="300" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-file-styles-300px" src="https://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/300px/public/bishop-harry-jackson.jpeg?itok=s68s9HY-" alt="" /><a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/harry-jackson">Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr. Founder &amp; President, High Impact Leadership Coalition</a></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2012/08/video-harry-jackson-encourages-rainbow-theft-lying-about-lgbt-people.html" target="_blank">Says</a>: "Folks who cannot reproduce want to recruit your kids"..."What we're facing is a radical force of people who want to change the way America looks the next twenty years, and we need to stop this thing now"..."We need to steal back the rainbow—we can't let the gays have it."</li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/d63c3tdh7sw?t=1m10s" target="_blank">Said</a> (1:10–2:05) gay activists' current marriage push is "just like during the times of Hitler"</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=fVuvYAumnHo" target="_blank">Said</a> (0:37–0:40) marriage equality is part of “a satanic plot to destroy our seed," <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMnaW-0rQ-U&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">and</a> (1:06–1:30) “an assault” which “corrupts, perverts and pollutes.”</li>
<li>Says <a href="http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2012/05/harry-jackson-god-punishes-marriage-supporters-naacp-next-youre-not-taping-this-are-you.html" target="_blank">of the pro-equality NAACP</a>: "The NAACP is about to become totally insignificant because they put their mouth and their alignment against the book, and if you stand against God, God has a way of standing against you—it ain't that difficult." "God's wheels of justice" punish marriage equality supporters.</li>
</ul><p>This is just some of the company that Cordileone will be keeping, if he chooses to attend the March for Marriage. Any message that tries to claim that the Roman Catholic Church has compassion and cares for LGBT people will be lost and buried in rhetoric about slavery, pedophilia, and Armageddon. This is why GLAAD's CEO and President, Sarah Kate Ellis, chose to add her name to the list of civic, faith, and community leaders to ask Cordileone to reconsider his involvement in such a divisive event.</p>
<p>Read the full text of the letter below:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone </em></p>
<p><em>One Peter Yorke Way </em></p>
<p><em>San Francisco 94109 </em></p>
<p><em>June 10, 2014 </em></p>
<p><em>Dear Archbishop Cordileone, </em></p>
<p><em>We, the undersigned, respectfully request that you cancel your participation in the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) march and rally in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2014. </em></p>
<p><em>We understand that people of good will may have genuinely heartfelt differences on the question of civil marriage for same-sex couples. Moreover, while not all of us agree with official Catholic teaching on marriage and family, we appreciate the many statements from Catholic leaders defending the human dignity of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, especially the recent words of Pope Francis: "If someone is gay, who searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” </em></p>
<p><em>Pope Francis’ words echo the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which states that lesbian and gay people "must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided." </em></p>
<p><em>We respect freedom of religion and understand that you oppose civil marriage for same-sex couples. But the actions and rhetoric of NOM, and those of the event's speakers and co-sponsors, fundamentally contradict Christian belief in the fundamental human dignity of all people. </em></p>
<p><em>NOM has a long and well-documented history of publishing material that connects homosexuality with pedophilia and incest and falsely suggests that gays and lesbians are trying to "inculcate children." Likewise, the Family Research Council, which is co-sponsoring the event, has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center because of their vitriolic rhetoric; recently, a spokesperson for FRC blamed the growing acceptance of marriage for same sex couples for the Isla Vista mass shootings. </em></p>
<p><em>Other individuals with whom you would be marching and sharing the podium have repeatedly denigrated lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people: </em></p>
<p><em>Marriage for same-sex couples “would be like saying, well, there are a lot of people who like to use drugs, so let’s go ahead and accommodate those who want who use drugs. There are some people who believe in incest, so we should accommodate them.” --Mike Huckabee </em></p>
<p><em>"The ultimate goal of homosexual-rights activists is not to legalize same-sex marriage. Rather, it is to silence those who disagree with them and, if necessary, to throw them in jail.” -- Gary Bauer </em></p>
<p><em>"Folks who cannot reproduce want to recruit your kids". Marriage for same-sex couples is part of “a satanic plot to destroy our seed" . . . “an assault” which “corrupts, perverts and pollutes.” - - Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr.: </em></p>
<p><em>“Well if it’s a civil right for a man to marry man, and a woman to marry woman, what’s the difference of a man deciding he wants to have sex with a dog?” -- Rev. Bill Owens, Sr. </em></p>
<p><em>Moreover, NOM's promotional video for this event – which includes your image - uses incendiary rhetoric about those who support the freedom to marry for same-sex couples: </em></p>
<p><em>“[Their] goal is silence and punishing anyone who disagrees. ... This is not tolerance, it’s tyranny. You have a choice. You can remain silent in the face of oppression or you can stand up and fight for the truth. ... These same sex advocates wish to silence anyone who disagrees with them.” </em></p>
<p><em>By standing alongside these individuals and organizations, you appear to be endorsing their troubling words and deeds, which directly contradict the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' pastoral teaching that "God does not love someone any less simply because he or she is homosexual. God's love is always and everywhere offered to those who are open to receiving it." (Always Our Children, 1997) </em></p>
<p><em>Many people of faith who have different opinions on the question of civil marriage for same-sex couples have come together in respectful dialogue and discernment to discuss those differences. Sadly, the actions of NOM and its invited speakers push us farther apart rather than bringing us together. </em></p>
<p><em>We ask that you will reconsider your participation and join us in seeking to promote reconciliation rather than division and hatred. </em></p>
<p><em>Sincerely, </em></p>
<p><em>California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom </em></p>
<p><em>California State Senator Mark Leno </em></p>
<p><em>California Assemblymember Tom Ammiano </em></p>
<p><em>California Assemblymember Rich Gordon </em></p>
<p><em>San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee </em></p>
<p><em>San Francisco Treasurer Jose Cisneros </em></p>
<p><em>San Francisco Supervisor David Campos </em></p>
<p><em>San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener </em></p>
<p><em>San Francisco Supervisor Norman Yee </em></p>
<p><em>Dr. Michael J. Adee, Director, Global Faith and Justice Project, Horizons Foundation, San Francisco, California </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Dr. Israel Alvaran, Western Region Organizer, Reconciling Ministries Network </em></p>
<p><em>The Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker, Dean of the Cathedral, Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento, California </em></p>
<p><em>Ben-David Barr, MSW PhD, Executive Director, Rainbow Community Center, Concord, California </em></p>
<p><em>Selisse Berry, Founding Chief Executive Officer, Out &amp; Equal Workplace Advocates </em></p>
<p><em>Gabriel Blau, Executive Director, Family Equality Council </em></p>
<p><em>Fr. Roy Bourgeois, Founder School of the Americas Watch </em></p>
<p><em>Gary Buseck, Interim Executive Director Gay &amp; Lesbian Advocates &amp; Defenders (GLAD), </em></p>
<p><em>Rea Carey, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force </em></p>
<p><em>Debra Chasnoff, President and Senior Producer, Groundspark </em></p>
<p><em>Faith Cheltenham, President, BINET USA </em></p>
<p><em>Francis DeBernardo, Executive Director, New Ways Ministry </em></p>
<p><em>Roger Doughty, Executive Director, Horizons Foundation </em></p>
<p><em>Marianne Duddy-Burke, Executive Director, Dignity USA </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Michael Ellick, Minister, Judson Memorial Church </em></p>
<p><em>Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO, GLAAD </em></p>
<p><em>Leslie Ewing, Executive Director, Pacific Center </em></p>
<p><em>Jim FitzGerald, Executive Director, Call To Action USA </em></p>
<p><em>Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, Senior Pastor, City of Refuge UCC , Oakland, CA, Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries </em></p>
<p><em>Earl Fowlkes, President &amp; CEO, Center for Black Equality </em></p>
<p><em>The Rt. Rev'd Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr., 10th Episcopal Bishop of Michigan </em></p>
<p><em>Rabbi Roberto D. Graetz, Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, California </em></p>
<p><em>Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL, Executive Coordinator, National Coalition of American Nuns </em></p>
<p><em>Sharon Groves, Director, Religion and Faith Program, Human Rights Campaign </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Cedric A. Harmon, Co-Director, Many Voices: A Black Church Movement for Gay and Transgender Justice </em></p>
<p><em>Nancy Heilner, Executive Director, Queer LifeSpaceDavid Heitstuman, Board President &amp; Interim Executive Directo<strong>r, </strong>Sacramento LGBT Community Center </em></p>
<p><em>Haven Herrin, Director, Soulforce </em></p>
<p><em>Kris Hayashi, Deputy Director, Transgender Law Center </em></p>
<p><em>The Rev. Anita C. Hill, Acting Director, ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation </em></p>
<p><em>Bill Hirsh, Executive Director, AIDS Legal Referral Panel </em></p>
<p><em>Jody Huckaby, Executive Director, PFLAG National </em></p>
<p><em>Mary E. Hunt, Ph.D. Co-Founder/Director, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER) </em></p>
<p><em>Dr. Delores A. Jacobs, CEO, The San Diego LGBT Community Center </em></p>
<p><em>Lorri L. Jean, CEO, Los Angeles LGBT Center </em></p>
<p><em>Paul Kawata, Executive Director, National Minority AIDS Council </em></p>
<p><em>Kate Kendell, Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Harry Knox, President and CEO, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice </em></p>
<p><em>Rebecca Isaacs, Executive Director, Equality Federation </em></p>
<p><em>Andy Lang, Executive Director, Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ </em></p>
<p><em>Abbe Land, Executive Director, Trevor Project </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Phil Lawson, Pastor Emeritus of Easter Hill United Methodist Church, Richmond, California </em></p>
<p><em>Rabbi Michael Lerner, Beyt Tikkun Synagogue, Editor, Tikkun Magazine </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey, Associate Dean for Community Life and Lifelong Learning, Clinical Assistant Professor of Contextual Theology and Practice, Boston University School of Theology </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Reggie Longcrier, Senior Pastor, Exodus Missionary Outreach Church, Hickory, North Carolina </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Dr. Cindi Love </em></p>
<p><em>Eileen Ma, Executive Director, API Equality-LA </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Will McGarvey, Executive Director, Interfaith Council of Contra Costa, and Community Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg, California </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Jim Mitulski, Pastor, Cathedral of Hope United Church of Christ, Dallas, Texas </em></p>
<p><em>Eduardo Morales, PhD, Executive Director, AGUILAS of San Francisco </em></p>
<p><em>Kevin O’Grady, Executive Director, Orange County Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Dr. Karen Oliveto Sr., Pastor Glide Memorial UMC </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker, President and Professor of Theology, Starr King School for the Ministry </em></p>
<p><em>Eva Patterson, Executive Director, Equal Justice Society </em></p>
<p><em>Claudia Peña, Statewide Director, California Civil Rights Coalition </em></p>
<p><em>Joan Pinkvoss, Executive Director, Aunt Lute Books </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Dr. Riess W. Potterveld, President, Graduate Theological Union </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, Former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA) </em></p>
<p><em>David Robinson, Bay Area Regional Director, KESHET </em></p>
<p><em>Rebecca Rolfe, Executive Director, San Francisco LGBT Community Center </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Dr. Dawn Roginski, Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Vallejo, California </em></p>
<p><em>James Rowe, Director, Believe Out Loud </em></p>
<p><em>Ellyn Ruthstrom, President, Bisexual Resource Center </em></p>
<p><em>Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, MALDEF </em></p>
<p><em>Dr. Bernard Schlager, Interim President, Associate Professor of Historical &amp; Cultural Studies, Pacific School of Religion </em></p>
<p><em>Jodi L. Schwartz, Executive Director, LYRIC </em></p>
<p><em>Michael Sherrard, Executive Director, Faithful America </em></p>
<p><em>Brian Silva, Executive Director, Marriage Equality USA </em></p>
<p><em>Theresa Sparks, Executive Director, San Francisco Human Rights Commission </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, 3rd Vice President, North Carolina NAACPJessica Stern, Executive Director, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission </em></p>
<p><em>Terry Stone, CEO, Centerlink </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Roland Stringfellow, Director of the African American Roundtable, Pacific School of Religion </em></p>
<p><em>Dr. Justin Tanis, Managing Director, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry </em></p>
<p><em>Vivian Taylor, Executive Director, Integrity USA </em></p>
<p><em>Julia Thoron, Chair, and Sam Thoron, PFLAG San Francisco </em></p>
<p><em>Lance Toma, LCSW, Executive Director, Asian &amp; Pacific Islander Wellness Center </em></p>
<p><em>Dana Van Gorder, Executive Director, Project Inform </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Dr. Mel White, Co-founder of Soulforce </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Dennis W. Wiley, Ph.D., Pastor, Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ, Washington, D.C. </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Christine Y. Wiley, D. Min., Pastor, Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ </em></p>
<p><em>Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson, Moderator, Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches </em></p>
<p><em>Evan Wolfson, Founder and President, Freedom to Marry </em></p>
<p><em>Rick Zbur, Executive Director Elect, Equality California</em></p>
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Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:41:22 +0000rossmurray71301 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-joins-80-lawmakers-community-and-faith-leaders-ask-roman-catholic-bishop-decline-nom#commentsRoman Catholic hierarchy takes to internet to attack LGBT people and those who love themhttp://www.glaad.org/blog/roman-catholic-hierarchy-takes-internet-attack-lgbt-people-and-those-who-love-them
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>While the<a href="http://www.glaad.org/marriage"> US Supreme Court was hearing oral arguments on the discriminatory 'Defense of Marriage Act' and California's Proposition 8</a>, millions of people turned social media red in support of marriage equality. Two leaders in the Roman Catholic Church took to the internet to make harmful attacks on LGBT people and their supporters.</p>
<p><a href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2013/03/from-sf-archbishop-drunk-driver.html">Joe.My.God</a> reported that San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone posted his own parody of the ubiquitous red equal sign that was appearing on social media during the hearings. Instead of an equal sign, he posted a division sign, with "Luke 12:51" below it. Luke 12:51 reads "Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!"</p>
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<p>In a matter of minutes, hundreds of comments flooded in, condemning the cruel graphic, so much so that the image was taken down.</p>
<p>The verse is a misappropriation of Jesus' longer narrative, in which he calls out religious leaders who use their authority to hurt and condemn others…much like the situation we see today. It is especially disheartening to see this symbol and verse being used at a time when LGBT youth homeless is so high. As Carl Siciliano of the Ali Forney Center has noted, many <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/ali-forney-center-examines-religious-intolerance-experienced-homeless-lgbt-youth">homeless LGBT youth have been kicked out of their homes because religious leaders have told parents that is the only thing to do</a>.</p>
<p><img class="media-image" id="2" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left;;;;;;;" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/CharlesPope.jpg?itok=OtMSSba-" alt="" />And across the country, <a href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2013/03/homosexuality-contraception-mutual.html">Monseigneur Charles Pope</a> of the Archdiocese of Washington <a href="http://blog.adw.org/2013/03/reaping-the-whirlwind-a-reflection-on-the-deeping-darkness-that-celebrates-homosexual-unions-and-activity/">posted a blog</a> that attacked LGBT people, but attempted to mitigate by it by also attaching straight couples who do not follow the hierarchy's policy on birth control, which Joe.My.God also brought to light. Msgr. Pope states 'faithful Catholics' should be dismayed and angry about the Supreme Court hearings. Apparently, for Msgr. Pope, those faithful Catholics are few in number, as <a href="http://publicreligion.org/research/2011/03/for-catholics-open-attitudes-on-gay-issues/">nearly three-quarters of Catholics in the US support legal recognition</a> for loving and committed gay and lesbian couples.</p>
<p>Msgr. Pope seems to be lashing out at all of American society, claiming that acceptance of LGBT people is punishment from God. I'm willing to guess that he also supports the "division" that Archbishop Cordileone posted (and removed), creating that division within families, and harming real LGBT people.</p>
<p>Indeed, such division has already been created in many Roman Catholic communities. <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/priest-who-denied-lesbian-communion-suspended">Barbara Johnson</a> was denied communion at her mother's funeral. <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/letdominicspeak-support-gay-catholic-high-school-graduation-speaker-and-graduating-class">Dominic Sheahan-Stahl</a> was uninvited to speak at his brother's graduation (at his own alma mater). <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/catholic-teen-denied-confirmation-supporting-marriage-equality">Lennon Cihak</a> was barred from confirmation for posting a photo urging people to vote "no" on the discriminatory Minnesota anti-marriage amendment. Countless people have been <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/queens-teacher-fired-being-transgender">fired from their work</a>. Catholic Bishops opposed the <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/roman-catholic-bishops-oppose-violence-against-women-act-because-it-protects-lgbt-women">Violence Against Women Act</a> because it included protections for LGBT women. The antagonism from the Roman Catholic hierarchy to its own flock has harmed its own credibility.</p>
<p>GLAAD continues to stand with the Catholics who love and support their LGBT friends and family. We will continue to speak out about such radical claims against LGBT people, no matter what the source. </p>
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Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:45:10 +0000rossmurray64121 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/roman-catholic-hierarchy-takes-internet-attack-lgbt-people-and-those-who-love-them#commentsLGBT Religion News Summary: Banned Muslim Films, Catholic Protest, and Christian LGBT Advocacyhttp://www.glaad.org/blog/lgbt-religion-news-summary-banned-muslim-films-catholic-protest-and-christian-lgbt-advocacy
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>GLAAD’s Religion, Faith &amp; Values program works to elevate LGBT-affirming voices of faith in mainstream, regional, and community media. To find out more, visit <a href="http://www.glaad.org/faith">www.glaad.org/faith</a>. For additional religion and faith updates, be sure to subscribe via our <a href="http://action.glaad.org/connect">online registration form</a>. We welcome suggestions at <a href="mailto:faith@glaad.org">faith@glaad.org</a>.</p>
<p>An ecumenical gathering of Christian leaders discussed how <a href="http://www.ucc.org/news/ecumenical-leaders-begin-work.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20UnitedChurchOfChrist%20%28United%20Church%20of%20Christ%29">denominations can more effectively do LGBT advocacy</a>. One step taken by the Indiana Disciples of Christ was to <a href="http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/guest_bloggers/6455/disciples_of_christ_church_in_indiana_approves_lbgt_inclusion_%C2%A0/">remove barriers for LGBT inclusion</a> in the denomination. A music teacher fired from a Christian school <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-zeng/lgbt-religion-acceptance_b_1927688.html">describes how music helped him through his ordeal</a>.</p>
<p><img class="media-image" height="150" id="2" style="height: 150px; width: 200px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left; ;;;;;;" width="200" src="https://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/The_Sisters_of_Perpetual_Indulgence.JPG?itok=lCDVHSIv" alt="" />The new San Francisco Archbishop, Salvatore Cordileone, is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/us/san-francisco-catholics-see-strict-message-on-gays-in-choice-of-new-leader.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0">worrying Catholics</a>, and even <a href="http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/09/salvatore_cordileone_he_sisters_of_perpetual_indulgence.php">drawing a protest</a> from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Bishop Cordileone is still working against the tide of <a href="http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2012/10/surprise-poll-shows-catholics-favor-legal-recognition-of-gay-relationships-at-higher-than-average-ra.html">Catholics who support LGBT equality</a> in America <a href="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/catholic-church-increasingly-isolated-in-attitude-to-homosexuality-mary-mcaleese-3243588.html">as well as in Ireland</a>. <a href="http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/changing-black-attitudes-could-boost-same-sex-marriage-in-maryland-85899420739">African-American Christians are also increasing support</a> for marriage equality as well. One man in Minnesota <a href="http://www.startribune.com/local/171825141.html">vandalized several churches with anti-LGBT and anti-religious messages</a>, but seems to not be connected to the proposed constitutional amendment in the state. But all the state campaigns are <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/faith-front-and-center-marriage-equality-ads">highlighting faith in their television ads</a>. <img class="media-image" height="126" id="2" style="height: 126px; width: 200px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right; ;;;;;;" width="200" src="https://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3chruches_0.jpg?itok=jwEhfyEf" alt="" /></p>
<p>Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation banning so-called “ex-gay” therapies in California, which was <a href="http://www.believeoutloud.com/news/believe-out-loud-joins-faith-groups-end-dangerous-psychological-abuse-minors">advocated for by a coalition of religious organizations</a> and <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2012/10/pagan-psychotherapist-celebrates-conversion-therapy-ban-in-california.html">celebrated by Pagans</a>. <a href="http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/113151/jewish-organizations-join-doma-appeal">Jewish organizations are joining</a> the legal case against DOMA.</p>
<p>Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson has been promoting his new book, <em><a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-09-27/books/34096160_1_marriage-episcopal-bishop-gene-robinson">God Believes in Love</a></em>. The Methodist organization <a href="http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Church-Within-A-Church-Movement-observes-anniversary-Oct-19-21-/39703.html">Church Within A Church celebrates its 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary</a>. Films about <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2012/09/the_falls_director_director_ta.html">gay Mormons</a> were screened while a film about <a href="http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65986">gay Muslims was banned</a>. And personal stories tell us what it means to be <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-kort-phd/gay-jewish-_b_1922669.html">gay and Jewish</a> or <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eliel-cruz/seventh-gay-adventists_b_1914602.html">gay and Seventh Day Adventist</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Baptist</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/southern-baptists-offer-modest-proposal-ban-same-sex-marriage/politics/2012/10/01/50086">Southern Baptists Offer ‘Modest Proposal’ — Ban Same-Sex Marriage</a>
<ul><li>New Civil Rights Movement, October 1, 2012</li>
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</ul><p><strong>Black Churches</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.orlandoadvocate.com/index.php/faith/32758-rev-al-sharpton-rev-jesse-jackson-coming-out-to-support-gay-marriage-popular-opinion-in-black-christian-community-against-them" title="Rev. Al Sharpton &amp;amp; Rev. Jesse Jackson Coming out to Support Gay Marriage - Popular Opinion in Black Christian Community Against Them">Rev. Al Sharpton &amp; Rev. Jesse Jackson Coming out to Support Gay Marriage</a>
<ul><li>Orlando Advocate, September 26, 2012</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/changing-black-attitudes-could-boost-same-sex-marriage-in-maryland-85899420739">Changing Black Attitudes Could Boost Same-Sex Marriage in Maryland</a>
<ul><li>Stateline, October 1, 2012</li>
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</ul><p><strong>Catholic</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/tonyjones/2012/09/20/catholic-republican-pro-gay-video/">Catholic, Republican, Pro-Gay Marriage [VIDEO]</a>
<ul><li>Theoblogy, September 20, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.necn.com/09/26/12/Notre-Dame-staff-seek-gay-lesbian-protec/landing_nation.html?&amp;apID=ae5ee1b301144ecea632cdb1905d0dec">Notre Dame staff seek gay, lesbian protections</a>
<ul><li>New England Cable News, September 26, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/33672025">Catholic bishops rev up political machine to fight the gays</a>
<ul><li>Chicago Pride, September 27, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/09/salvatore_cordileone_he_sisters_of_perpetual_indulgence.php">Salvatore Cordileone: Gay Rights Advocates Will Protest Archbishop-Elect Installation Mass</a>
<ul><li>SF Weekly, September 27, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/catholic-church-increasingly-isolated-in-attitude-to-homosexuality-mary-mcaleese-3243588.html">Catholic Church increasingly ‘isolated’ in attitude to homosexuality – Mary McAleese</a>
<ul><li>The Independent, September 28, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-catholic-marriage-equality-20120929,0,3612561.story">A Catholic's case for marriage equality</a>
<ul><li>Baltimore Sun, September 29, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/us/san-francisco-catholics-see-strict-message-on-gays-in-choice-of-new-leader.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0">San Francisco’s New Archbishop Worries Gay Catholics</a>
<ul><li>New York Times, September 29, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2012/10/surprise-poll-shows-catholics-favor-legal-recognition-of-gay-relationships-at-higher-than-average-ra.html">Surprise?! Poll shows Catholics favor legal recognition of gay relationships at higher than average rates</a>
<ul><li>Chicago Tribune, October 1, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2012/10/02/anti-gay-record-of-incoming-archbishop-scrutinized-by-supervisors/">Anti-gay record of incoming archbishop scrutinized by supervisors</a>
<ul><li>San Francisco Chronicle, October 2, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li>
<div><a href="http://instinctmagazine.com/blogs/blog/paul-ryan-attended-mass-at-a-gay-friendly-catholic-church?directory=100011">Paul Ryan Attended Mass At A Gay Friendly Catholic Church</a></div>
<ul><li>
<div>Instinct Magazine, October 2, 2012</div>
</li>
</ul></li>
<li>
<div><a href="http://global.christianpost.com/news/rowan-williams-says-christians-should-be-less-condemning-of-gays-and-lesbians-82564/">Rowan Williams Says Christians Should Be Less Condemning of Gays and Lesbians</a></div>
<ul><li>
<div>Christian Post, October 3, 2012</div>
</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>Christian</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.startribune.com/local/171825141.html">Man charged in vandalism of Buffalo churches</a>
<ul><li>Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 28, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-zeng/lgbt-religion-acceptance_b_1927688.html">Music As My Refuge: Then and Now</a>
<ul><li>Huffington Post, September 30, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>Disciples of Christ</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/guest_bloggers/6455/disciples_of_christ_church_in_indiana_approves_lbgt_inclusion_%C2%A0/">Disciples of Christ Church in Indiana Approves LBGT Inclusion</a>
<ul><li>Religion Dispatches, October 1, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>Episcopal</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2012/09/26/gay-marriage-conservative-proposal-bishop/" title="Permalink to Episcopal bishop: Gay marriage is a ‘conservative proposal’">Episcopal bishop: Gay marriage is a ‘conservative proposal’</a>
<ul><li>Seattle Post Intelligencer, September 26, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-09-27/books/34096160_1_marriage-episcopal-bishop-gene-robinson">‘God Believes in Love’ by Gene Robinson</a>
<ul><li>The Boston Globe, September 27, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/bishop-gene-robinson-media-matters-radio-nom-has-no-respect-lgbt-people?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+glaadblog+%28GLAAD+Blog%29">Bishop Gene Robinson on Media Matters: NOM Has No Respect for LGBT People</a>
<ul><li>GLAAD, October 1, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>“Ex-Gay”</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.believeoutloud.com/news/believe-out-loud-joins-faith-groups-end-dangerous-psychological-abuse-minors">Believe Out Loud Joins Faith Groups To End Dangerous Psychological Abuse Of Minors</a>
<ul><li>Believe Out Loud, September 19, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>International</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://en.ria.ru/world/20120928/176281409.html">Kyrgyzstan Bans Gay Documentary</a>
<ul><li>Ria Novosti, September 28, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/commentary/us-christian-right-links-zimbabwe-s-mugabe-suppress-gay-right">US Christian right links with Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to suppress gay rights</a>
<ul><li>Global Post, October 2, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.queerty.com/russian-pols-cure-for-the-gays-fasting-and-prayer-20121002/#ixzz28A6jH1xK">Russian Pol’s Cure For The Gays: Fasting And Prayer</a>
<ul><li>Queerty, October 2, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>Jewish</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-kort-phd/gay-jewish-_b_1922669.html">Twice Blessed: Being Gay and Jewish</a>
<ul><li>Huffington Post, September 28, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/113151/jewish-organizations-join-doma-appeal">Jewish Organizations Join DOMA Appeal</a>
<ul><li>Tablet Magazine, September 28, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>Marriage Equality</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://theseattlelesbian.com/faith-leaders-across-washington-state-gather-to-endorse-approving-ref-74/">Faith Leaders Across Washington State Gather to Endorse Approving Ref 74</a>
<ul><li>The Seattle Lesbian, September 27, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2012/10/01/new-washington-ads-highlight-faithful-support-marriage">WATCH: Washington Ads Highlight Faithful Support for Marriage Equality</a>
<ul><li>Advocate, October 1, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/10/02/stevensen/">Amendment would tell some children that their family doesn't measure up</a>
<ul><li>Minnesota Public Radio, October 2, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/faith-front-and-center-marriage-equality-ads">Faith Front and Center in Marriage Equality Ads</a>
<ul><li>GLAAD, October 2, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>Methodist</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Church-Within-A-Church-Movement-observes-anniversary-Oct-19-21-/39703.html">Church Within A Church Movement observes anniversary Oct. 19-21</a>
<ul><li>Windy City Media Group, September 26, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>Mormon</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://downtowndevil.com/2012/09/27/31174/mormon-beaver-gay-romney/">Cronkite faculty associate publishes book on gay rights, Mormonism</a>
<ul><li>Downtown Devil, September 27, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2012/09/the_falls_director_director_ta.html">Director of filmed-in-Portland 'The Falls' talks about Mormonism, love and coming out</a>
<ul><li>Oregon Live, September 29, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>Muslim</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.edgeboston.com/news/local/features/137503/la_panel_explores_challenges_of_islam_and_homosexuality">L.A. Panel Explores Challenges of Islam and Homosexuality</a>
<ul><li>Edge Boston, September 29, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65986">Kyrgyzstan: Rights Activists Condemn Ban on Gay Muslim Documentary</a>
<ul><li>Eurasianet, October 1, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/junaid-jahangir/conservative-muslim_b_1933533.html?just_reloaded=1">Let's Talk About Sex, Muslims</a>
<ul><li>Huffington Post, October 2, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>Pagan</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2012/10/pagan-psychotherapist-celebrates-conversion-therapy-ban-in-california.html">Pagan Psychotherapist Celebrates Conversion Therapy Ban in California</a>
<ul><li>Pathos, October 1, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>Presbyterian</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.cantonrep.com/topstories/x1784774227/Canton-church-splits-with-governing-body-over-gay-clergy-issue?zc_p=0">Canton church splits with governing body over gay clergy issue</a>
<ul><li>Canton Rep, September 29, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>Seventh Day Adventist</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eliel-cruz/seventh-gay-adventists_b_1914602.html">I am a Seventh-Gay Adventist</a>
<ul><li>Huffington Post, September 25, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
</ul><p><strong>United Church of Christ</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.ucc.org/news/wyoming-ucc-celebrates.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UnitedChurchOfChrist+%28United+Church+of+Christ%29">Wyoming UCC celebrates National Coming Out Day despite local obstacles</a>
<ul><li>United Church of Christ News, September 26, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ucc.org/news/ecumenical-leaders-begin-work.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20UnitedChurchOfChrist%20%28United%20Church%20of%20Christ%29">Ecumenical leaders begin work for LGBT advocacy at summit</a>
<ul><li>United Church of Christ News, September 28, 2012</li>
</ul></li>
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<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/bishop-salvatore-cordileone">Bishop Salvatore Cordileone</a>, </li>
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